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Reading & making notes (University of Reading) Detailed advice on reading academic texts & note-taking.
Reading skills (British Council Learn English) A range of texts to read, including emails & articles.
Reading practice (Cambridge Assessment English) : short reading activities using a range of texts.
Reading strategies (University of Sussex) Expert advice on reading skills and strategies.
Critical reading (University of York) (University of York):Extensive advice on critical and active reading skills & strategies
Understanding text types (City University of Hong Kong Language Centre) A series of tasks that raise awareness of different texts and their functions
Different text types (Griffith University) A video and follow-up activities that focus on essays, reports, literature reviews and annotated bibliographies
Reading skills for university study (Open University) A series of activities that help you to identify the different text types & sources that university students need to read, as well as focusing on reading & note-taking skills.
Fact or Opinion? (Open University) Quick, simple tasks that introduce the essential skill of recognising fact and opinion.
Fact and opinion (Open University) A further learning resource from the OU that uses two newspaper articles of the same story: which is objective and which is opinion-based?
Reading: Fact or Opinion? (BBC Teach Skillswise) A series of downloadable factsheets & worksheets.
DICTIONARIES
Cambridge Dictionary Includes grammar and pronunciation guides.
Oxford Learners' Dictionary Includes topic dictionaries (e.g. work and business).
Collins Dictionary Includes usage of similar words (English Usage) and how words work together (Grammar Patterns).
THESAURUS
Use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings (synonyms) to use for paraphrasing.
REPORTS
Reports / essays: key differences (Universirty of Portsmouth)
Features of reports (Monash University)
How to write a business report (Victoria Business Shool, Wellington)
Links on selecting reliable sources:
Citations & Referencing Styles
Links to other resources on referencing skills:
Reporting Verbs
Links to further online resources on reporting verbs:
ACADEMIC STYLE
Academic Style (EAPFoundation.com)
Academic Writing Style (University of Portsmouth)
HEDGING (Using cautious language)
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Online English Level Test (British Council) If you want to get an approximate idea of your grammar level then try this level test. As a very rough guide, the test presents your results as below:
Oxford Practice Grammar (Oxford University Press) This link will take you to practice activities & tests covering all aspects of grammar, according to the following levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced.
Nouns and Nominalisation (UEfAP) This gives detailed guidance and practice exercises on forming noun phrases.
How to improve your academic writing by using noun phrases (English for Essays) This is a short but extremely informative video presentation from English for Essays.
Grammar in EAP: verbs (UEfAP) Information & practice exercises on verb tenses, verb forms and verb patterns.
Gerunds & Infinitives (Queen Mary University of London) How to use gerunds and infinitives, which are two of the most common verb patterns.
When do we use articles? (Cambridge University) Rules for pronunciation and usage of grammatical articles 'a', 'an' and 'the'.